Thursday, January 7, 2010

RTTT MOU: DelSignore

Cheryl DelSignore, president of the EAW (Worcester's teachers' union)only union bringing it to a vote on Mondaysince 2002, we have just made progress"feel and take umbruge" at the name Race to the Topno operational definitionsstate has not given us the formula for the Level 4 and 5 schools"coersion for money"no one has seen the application (135 pages), and no one willall three parties need to sign on (says the state); federal says that the union doesn't have to sign (weakens if they don't)

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What is posted on who-cester is my work and my views; what is posted here does not necessarily represent the views of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (for whom I work as a field director). You'll need to look at masc.org for that.

The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapter V, Section II.

Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the people.(John Adams, 1779)